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Thomas Aquinas on Virtue and Human Flourishing

Author : Stephen Theron
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527510298
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Aquinas on Virtue and Human Flourishing written by Stephen Theron and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Aquinas offers teleological systematisation of the habits needed for human flourishing. His metaphysical jurisprudence remodels ethics upon this, rather than on a moral precept. “Eternal law” governing the world determines “natural law”, reflected in human legislation (a variety of the “anthropic principle”). Finally, law, unwritten, is infused spirit as self-consciousness, “universal of universals”. Acquired virtues elicit this, become effusion, represented in religion as gifts or graces. But mind’s or spirit’s omnipresence, necessarily “closer to me than I am to myself”, supersedes the abstractions of heteronomy versus autonomy. The habitual well-being brought by prudence, justice, courage and temperance prompts this picture of gifts and graces. The “theological virtues”, faith (explicit or implicit) and hope fulfilled in love, “crown” our natural rationality, set toward as being the universal. “Become what you are”. Heteronomous law is thus “defused” at root by grounding it entirely upon immovable spiritual (mental) inclination towards universal fulfilment as naturally desired, reflection shows. Virtue, finally, is best assessed as a capacity for the individually beautiful yet habit-based action, Aristotle’s to kalon. Aquinas puts this picture as summed up in the beatitudes of the “Sermon on the Mount”.

Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues

Author : Angela McKay Knobel
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268201080
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (682 download)

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Download or read book Aquinas and the Infused Moral Virtues written by Angela McKay Knobel and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study locates Aquinas’s theory of infused and acquired virtue in his foundational understanding of nature and grace. Aquinas holds that all the virtues are bestowed on humans by God along with the gift of sanctifying grace. Since he also holds, with Aristotle, that we can create virtuous dispositions in ourselves through our own repeated good acts, a question arises: How are we to understand the relationship between the virtues God infuses at the moment of grace and virtues that are gradually acquired over time? In this important book, Angela McKay Knobel provides a detailed examination of Aquinas’s theory of infused moral virtue, with special attention to the question of how the infused and acquired moral virtues are related. Part 1 examines Aquinas’s own explicit remarks about the infused and acquired virtues and considers whether and to what extent a coherent “theory” of the relationship between the infused and acquired virtues can be found in Aquinas. Knobel argues that while Aquinas says almost nothing about how the infused and acquired virtues are related, he clearly does believe that the “structure” of the infused virtues mirrors that of the acquired in important ways. Part 2 uses that structure to evaluate existing interpretations of Aquinas and argues that no existing account adequately captures Aquinas’s most fundamental commitments. Knobel ultimately argues that the correct account lies somewhere between the two most commonly advocated theories. Written primarily for students and scholars of moral philosophy and theology, the book will also appeal to readers interested in understanding Aquinas’s theory of virtue.

The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics

Author : Andrew Pinsent
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136479147
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics written by Andrew Pinsent and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Aquinas devoted a substantial proportion of his greatest works to the virtues. Yet, despite the availability of these texts (and centuries of commentary), Aquinas’s virtue ethics remains mysterious, leaving readers with many unanswered questions. In this book, Pinsent argues that the key to understanding Aquinas’s approach is to be found in an association between: a) attributes he appends to the virtues, and b) interpersonal capacities investigated by the science of social cognition, especially in the context of autistic spectrum disorder. The book uses this research to argue that Aquinas’s approach to the virtues is radically non-Aristotelian and founded on the concept of second-person relatedness. To demonstrate the explanatory power of this principle, Pinsent shows how the second-person perspective gives interpretation to Aquinas’s descriptions of the virtues and offers a key to long-standing problems, such as the reconciliation of magnanimity and humility. The principle of second-person relatedness also interprets acts that Aquinas describes as the fruition of the virtues. Pinsent concludes by considering how this approach may shape future developments in virtue ethics.

Aquinas's Ethics

Author : Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Aquinas's Ethics written by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work places Thomas Aquinas's moral theory in its full philosophical and theological context in a way that makes Aquinas accessible to students and interested general readers.

Aquinas's Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance

Author : Matthew Levering
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268106355
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book Aquinas's Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance written by Matthew Levering and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Aquinas’s Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance, Matthew Levering argues that Catholic ethics make sense only in light of the biblical worldview that Jesus has inaugurated the kingdom of God by pouring out his spirit. Jesus has made it possible for us to know and obey God’s law for human flourishing as individuals and communities. He has reoriented our lives toward the goal of beatific communion with him in charity, which affects the exercise of the moral virtues that pertain to human flourishing. Without the context of the inaugurated kingdom, Catholic ethics as traditionally conceived will seem like an effort to find a middle ground between legalistic rigorism and relativistic laxism, which is especially the case with the virtue of temperance, the focus of Levering’s book. After an opening chapter on the eschatological/biblical character of Catholic ethics, the ensuing chapters engage Aquinas’s theology of temperance in the Summa theologiae, which identifies and examines a number of virtues associated with temperance. Levering demonstrates that the theology of temperance is profoundly biblical, and that Aquinas’s theology of temperance relies for its intelligibility upon Christ’s inauguration of the kingdom of God as the graced fulfillment of our created nature. The book develops new vistas for scholars and students interested in moral theology.

The Relation Between Moral Qualities and Intelligence According to St. Thomas Aquinas ...

Author : Joseph Earl Bender
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)

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Thomas Aquinas: Happiness, Desire, Virtue

Author : Stephen Theron
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640152514
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)

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Book Synopsis Thomas Aquinas: Happiness, Desire, Virtue by : Stephen Theron

Download or read book Thomas Aquinas: Happiness, Desire, Virtue written by Stephen Theron and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Ethics, grade: No specific grade, Stockholm (Sankt Sigfrids Prästseminarium), course: Given as a course in ethics for seimarians, 1994, language: English, abstract: The crisis of ethics in our time calls for a synoptic view capable of kindling confident teleological motivation, in persons and societies. It is futile to search for the "clear and distinct idea" in a field of such universal importance as ethics, for which the ordinary discourse of humanity is well suited. Rather, our notions must be open, open to the analogies in things and situations, and open too to the real human situation in all its depth and breadth, such things as the desires of the human heart, the burdens of finitude, misfortune and death, the polarization of the sexes, the insights and traditions of religion, the exigences of politics, the compelling witness of the arts and of literature. The reason for this universal importance, such that a field of discourse considered especially intractable or even, recently, "queer" (J.L. Mackie), cannot be isolated as if somehow less scientific and hence inherently problematical or "emotive", was clearly stated by Aristotle when founding this science, this theoria of praxis. It is that ethics is concerned with the nature and end of man, with man, that is, in view of his characteristic action or praxis. That is to say, to take the short way for the present, it is the science of human happiness, of how to be happy. But this is the object of all human endeavour without exception. Hence, if its content be ever identified, e.g. as the vision of God, then it will follow that this content is the ultimate aim of all our civil and social arrangements, a conclusion that St. Thomas unhesitatingly draws.1 1 Summa contra gentiles III 37.

Disputed Questions on Virtue

Author : Thomas Aquinas
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603844449
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Disputed Questions on Virtue written by Thomas Aquinas and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume of The Hackett Aquinas, a series of central philosophical treatises of Aquinas in new, state-of-the-art translations accompanied by a thorough commentary on the text.

Thomas Aquinas

Author : Stephen Theron
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640154657
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Aquinas written by Stephen Theron and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Ethics, grade: No specific grade, Stockholm (Sankt Sigfrids Prästseminarium), course: Given as a course in ethics for seimarians, 1994, language: English, abstract: The crisis of ethics in our time calls for a synoptic view capable of kindling confident teleological motivation, in persons and societies. It is futile to search for the "clear and distinct idea" in a field of such universal importance as ethics, for which the ordinary discourse of humanity is well suited. Rather, our notions must be open, open to the analogies in things and situations, and open too to the real human situation in all its depth and breadth, such things as the desires of the human heart, the burdens of finitude, misfortune and death, the polarization of the sexes, the insights and traditions of religion, the exigences of politics, the compelling witness of the arts and of literature. The reason for this universal importance, such that a field of discourse considered especially intractable or even, recently, "queer" (J.L. Mackie), cannot be isolated as if somehow less scientific and hence inherently problematical or "emotive", was clearly stated by Aristotle when founding this science, this theoria of praxis. It is that ethics is concerned with the nature and end of man, with man, that is, in view of his characteristic action or praxis. That is to say, to take the short way for the present, it is the science of human happiness, of how to be happy. But this is the object of all human endeavour without exception. Hence, if its content be ever identified, e.g. as the vision of God, then it will follow that this content is the ultimate aim of all our civil and social arrangements, a conclusion that St. Thomas unhesitatingly draws.1 1 Summa contra gentiles III 37.

Human Flourishing: Volume 16, Part 1

Author : Ellen Frankel Paul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521644716
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Human Flourishing: Volume 16, Part 1 written by Ellen Frankel Paul and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-28 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this volume examine the nature of human flourishing and its relationship to a variety of other key concepts in moral theory. Some of them trace the link between flourishing and human nature, asking whether a theory of human nature can allow us to develop an objective list of goods that are of value to all agents, regardless of their individual purposes or aims. Some essays look at the role of friendships or parent-child relationships in a good life, or seek to determine whether an ethical theory based on human flourishing can accommodate concern for others for their own sake. Other essays analyze the function of families or other social-political institutions in promoting the flourishing of individuals. Still others explore the implications of flourishing for political theory, asking whether considerations of human flourishing can help us to derive principles of social justice.

Thomas Aquinas on the Passions

Author : Robert Miner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521897483
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Aquinas on the Passions written by Robert Miner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-09 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an understanding of Thomas Aquinas' account of the passions, the elemental forces that affect human happiness.

Health as a Virtue

Author : Melanie L Dobson
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718843401
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Health as a Virtue written by Melanie L Dobson and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are we to care for our bodies and our health as part of faithful Christian living? Melanie Dobson excavates from Thomas Aquinas an answer for how contemporary Christians might live well in the midst of a very sick culture. Through a close reading of Aquinas's 'Treatise on Habit', Dobson reveals that the moral practice of habit does indeed include health. Thomas's keen understanding of the human person and of human longings supports the book's argument for a practice of health that directs us deep into the heart of God. Field research with clergy and missionaries offers concrete examples of the implementation of habits of health as part of the life of Christian virtue. The stories from the Clergy Health Initiative and Word Made Flesh missionary organization exhibit transformations that ushered Christian leaders into deeper love of God, neighbor, and themselves. In the end, the theology of habits of health means that our quotidian care of our bodies is not only faithful, but directs us into a life of flourishing.

Aquinas and the Market

Author : Mary L. Hirschfeld
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674988604
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Aquinas and the Market written by Mary L. Hirschfeld and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economists investigate the workings of markets and tend to set ethical questions aside. Theologians often dismiss economics, losing insights into the influence of market incentives on individual behavior. Mary L. Hirschfeld bridges this gap by showing how a humane economy can lead to the good life as outlined in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics

Author : J. Budziszewski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107165784
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics written by J. Budziszewski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to St Thomas Aquinas' virtue ethics provides commentary on essential texts, rendering them accessible to all readers.

Thomas Aquinas on the Passions

Author : Robert Miner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139479189
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Aquinas on the Passions written by Robert Miner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Summa Theologiae is Thomas Aquinas' undisputed masterwork, and it includes his thoughts on the elemental forces in human life. Feelings such as love, hatred, pleasure, pain, hope and despair were described by Aquinas as 'passions', representing the different ways in which happiness could be affected. But what causes the passions? What impact do they have on the person who suffers them? Can they be shaped and reshaped in order to better promote human flourishing? The aim of this book is to provide a better understanding of Aquinas' account of the passions. It identifies the Aristotelian influences that lie at the heart of the Summa Theologiae, and it enters into a dialogue with contemporary thinking about the nature of emotion. The study argues that Aquinas' work is still important today, and shows why for Aquinas both the understanding and attainment of happiness requires prolonged reflection on the passions.

Conversations on Ethics

Author : Alex Voorhoeve
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191616958
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Conversations on Ethics written by Alex Voorhoeve and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can we trust our intuitive judgments of right and wrong? Are moral judgements objective? What reason do we have to do what is right and avoid doing what is wrong? In Conversations on Ethics, Alex Voorhoeve elicits answers to these questions from eleven outstanding philosophers and social scientists: Ken Binmore Philippa Foot Harry Frankfurt Allan Gibbard Daniel Kahneman Frances Kamm Alasdair MacIntyre T. M. Scanlon Peter Singer David Velleman Bernard Williams The exchanges are direct, open, and sharp, and give a clear account of these thinkers' core ideas about ethics. They also provide unique insights into their intellectual development - how they became interested in ethics, and how they conceived the ideas for which they became famous. Conversations on Ethics will engage anyone interested in moral philosophy.

On Love and Virtue: Theological Essays

Author : Michael S. Sherwin
Publisher : Emmaus Academic
ISBN 13 : 1947792970
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book On Love and Virtue: Theological Essays written by Michael S. Sherwin and published by Emmaus Academic. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to love? What are the traits of character that support love’s activity? How does the economy of grace—the mission of Christ and the action of the Holy Spirit—elevate and transform human love, virtue, and the desire for happiness? In On Love and Virtue: Theological Essays, the eminent Dominican theologian Michael Sherwin considers how the Catholic tradition has addressed these questions. Fr. Sherwin places this tradition in dialogue with contemporary questions. Taking St. Thomas Aquinas as his primary guide, Fr. Sherwin reads St. Thomas in light of his biblical and patristic sources (especially St. Augustine) and engages contemporary developments in philosophy in order to deepen our understanding of how grace both heals and elevates human nature. Along the way, Fr. Sherwin considers the vocation of the theologian and the biblical and patristic understanding of the Christian call to moral apprenticeship and friendship with God.